AgResearch

The AgResearch Limited, is the largest of eight New Zealand Crown Research Institute.

The Institute is active in emphasizing agriculture, Applied Biotechnology and Food & textiles. To create sustainability and prosperity in the areas of agriculture and biotechnology, through the use of technology and science, is the mission that the Institute has given himself.

When vision is pursued in close cooperation with industry, the goal of a value increase of 100 % in the production of dairy products, in meat production and in the manufacture of textiles to achieve by halving the cost of production by 2020 and to make New Zealand free of disease.

Seat

The headquarters of the Institute with the Research Ruakura Research Institute is located in Hamilton. Three other research centers are available with the Grasslands Research Institute in Palmerston North, Lincoln Research Institute in Christchurch and the Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, Dunedin. Research collaborations exist with the Hopkirk Research Institute, Palmerston North, the National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease ( NCBID ) in Wallace Ville, Upper Hutt and the Molecular Biology Unit, University of Otago, Dunedin. Furthermore AgResearch currently operates 15 research farms, spread over the entire country.

History

In the 1980s the New Zealand government began to restructure the areas of research and science. In 1989, for the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology created (Ministry of Research, Science and Technology) with the aim to advise the government to prepare decision-making processes to prioritize resources allocations and introduce the performance review. But that's not enough. They wanted to create individual institutions that independently and responsibly economies under government supervision, work with your own rules and regulations and do performance-related public and private orders for different tasks.

With the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 ten Crown Research Institutes were established for this purpose, first, one of which still exist today eight institutions. AgResearch Limited, which is still New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited was until October 30, 2000, is one of them.

With the Companies Act 1993, all institutions were converted to limited liability companies ( Limited). The AgResearch is today, like all other Crown Research Institutes also, the Crown Company Unit ( controlling and advisory department ) Ministry of Finance and the Minister responsible for Research, Science and Technology assumed. Both ministers are responsible, interestingly, each getting registered as a shareholder of the eight Crown Research Institutes.

Company investments

AgResearch Limited owns the following subsidiaries with 100 % participation:

  • AgResearch Strategic Investment Limited, established on 13 September 2002.
  • Four Shelf AgResearch Limited, established on 13 September 2002.
  • AgResearch ( PPGR Consortia ) Limited, established on 13 September 2002.
  • AgResearch ( Pastoral Genomics Consortia ) Limited, established on 13 September 2002.
  • AgResearch ( Mear Biologics Consortia ) Limited, established on 13 September 2002.
  • AgResearch ( Johnes Disease research Consortium) Limited, established on 1 August 2003.
  • Celentis Limited, Hamilton, founded on 11 April 1996.
  • Grass Lanz Technology Limited in Hamilton, founded on 3 September 2003. ( Owned 100 % Celentis Limited)
  • AgResearch (USA ) Limited, founded on 11 August 1998. ( Owned 100 % Grass Lanz Technology Limited )
  • Covita Limited, Hamilton, founded on March 7, 2002.
  • Phytagro New Zealand Limited, Hamilton, founded on December 8, 2006.
  • Paraco Technology Limited in Hamilton, founded on 12 October 2001.

And holds numerous other investments in other companies that do not represent majority interests.

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